A bad film, to be sure, but "Terrified!" is an interesting relative of low budget classics like "Carnival Of Souls" and "Dementia". Like "Carnival" it is all set around a spooky location the film makers had access to. This is also a central absurdity of the plot: the town has an abandoned ghost town by a graveyard, but for some reason it seems to be a place where people hang out at night.
Denver Pyle seems to be still learning to act but the actors
do there best with what they are given. Some interesting, if pretentious ideas dance around the script or maybe just pad it out. The sicko killer suggests the darker areas horror would continue to explore in the sixties.
LATER Viewing: I think I really underrated this. It is a strange minimalist horror movie, and it's effect is eerie. Probably made for late night horror show and never shown at the theater (yes, there were such films) Terrified gets under your skin if you give it the chance.
Denver Pyle seems to be still learning to act but the actors
do there best with what they are given. Some interesting, if pretentious ideas dance around the script or maybe just pad it out. The sicko killer suggests the darker areas horror would continue to explore in the sixties.
LATER Viewing: I think I really underrated this. It is a strange minimalist horror movie, and it's effect is eerie. Probably made for late night horror show and never shown at the theater (yes, there were such films) Terrified gets under your skin if you give it the chance.